People: Adobe Systems Inc (ADBE.O)
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Charles Geschke |
73 | 2000 | Independent Chairman of the Board |
John Warnock |
72 | 2001 | Independent Chairman of the Board |
Shantanu Narayen |
49 | 2007 | President, Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Mark Garrett |
55 | 2007 | Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President |
Matthew Thompson |
54 | 2013 | Executive Vice President - Worldwide Field Operations |
Michael Dillon |
54 | 2012 | Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary |
Bradley Rencher |
39 | Senior Vice President, General Manager - Digital Marketing Business Unit | |
David Wadhwani |
41 | 2010 | Senior Vice President, General Manager - Digital Media Business Unit |
Bryan Lamkin |
2013 | Senior Vice President - Corporate Development | |
Richard Rowley |
56 | 2006 | Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller |
Amy Banse |
53 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Kelly Barlow |
44 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Edward Barnholt |
69 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Robert Burgess |
55 | 2005 | Independent Director |
Frank Calderoni |
55 | 2012 | Independent Director |
Michael Cannon |
60 | 2003 | Independent Director |
James Daley |
71 | 2001 | Independent Director |
Laura Desmond |
2012 | Independent Director | |
Daniel Rosensweig |
51 | 2009 | Independent Director |
Robert Sedgewick |
66 | 1990 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Charles Geschke |
Dr. Charles M. Geschke, Ph.D., is Independent Chairman of the Board of Adobe Systems Inc. Dr. Geschke was a founder of Adobe and has served as Company's Chairman of the Board since September 1997, sharing that office with John E. Warnock. He was Company's Chief Operating Officer from December 1986 until July 1994 and Company's President from April 1989 until his retirement in April 2000. Dr. Geschke holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University. |
John Warnock |
Dr. John E. Warnock, Ph.D., is Independent Chairman of the Board of Adobe Systems Inc. Dr. Warnock was a founder of Adobe and has been Chairman of the Board since April 1989. Since September 1997, he has shared the position of Chairman with Charles M. Geschke. Dr. Warnock served as Chief Executive Officer from 1982 until December 2000. From December 2000 until his retirement in March 2001, Dr. Warnock served as Chief Technical Officer. Dr. Warnock currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Salon Media Group, Inc. Dr. Warnock holds a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Utah. |
Shantanu Narayen |
Mr. Shantanu Narayen is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Adobe Systems Inc. He joined Adobe in January 1998 as Vice President and General Manager of Company's engineering technology group. In January 1999, he was promoted to Senior Vice President, Worldwide Products, and in March 2001 he was promoted to Executive Vice President, Worldwide Product Marketing and Development. In January 2005, Mr. Narayen was promoted to President and Chief Operating Officer, and effective December 2007, he was appointed Company's Chief Executive Officer and joined Company's Board of Directors. Mr. Narayen serves on the board of directors of Dell Inc. Mr. Narayen holds a B.S. in Electronics Engineering from Osmania University in India, a M.S. in Computer Science from Bowling Green State University and an M.B.A. from the Haas School of Business, University of California, Berkeley. |
Mark Garrett |
Mr. Mark Garrett is Chief Financial Officer, Executive Vice President of Adobe Systems Inc., since February 2007. Mr. Garrett served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Software Group of EMC Corporation, a products, services and solutions provider for information management and storage, from June 2004 to January 2007, his most recent position since EMC’s acquisition of Documentum, Inc., an enterprise content management company, in December 2003. Mr. Garrett first joined Documentum as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 1997, holding that position through October 1999 and then re-joining Documentum as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in 2002. Mr. Garrett is also a director of Informatica Corporation. |
Matthew Thompson |
Mr. Matthew A. Thompson is Executive Vice President - Worldwide Field Operations of Adobe Systems Inc. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President of Worldwide Sales at Borland Software Corporation, a software delivery optimization solutions provider, from October 2003 to December 2006. Prior to joining Borland, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales and Field Operations for Marimba, Inc., a provider of products and services for software change and configuration management, from February 2001 to January 2003. From July 2000 to January 2001, Mr. Thompson was Vice President of Worldwide Sales for Calico Commerce, Inc., a provider of eBusiness applications. Prior to joining Calico, Mr. Thompson spent six years at Cadence Design Systems, Inc., a provider of electronic design technologies. While at Cadence, from January 1998 to June 2000, Mr. Thompson served as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Operations and from April 1994 to January 1998 as Vice President, Worldwide Professional Services. |
Michael Dillon |
Mr. Michael A. Dillon is Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Corporate Secretary of Adobe Systems Inc., since August 20, 2012. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Dillon served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Silver Spring Networks, a networking solutions provider, from November 2010 to August 2012. Before joining Silver Spring Networks, Mr. Dillon served in various capacities at Sun Microsystems, a diversified computer networking company, prior to its acquisition by Oracle Corporation. While at Sun Microsystems, from April 2006 to January 2010, Mr. Dillon served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, from April 2004 to April 2006, as Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, and from July 2002 to March 2004 as Vice President, Products Law Group. From October 1999 until June 2002, Mr. Dillon served as Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of ONI Systems Corp, an optical networking company. |
Bradley Rencher |
Mr. Bradley Rencher is Senior Vice President, General Manager - Digital Marketing Business Unit of Adobe Systems Inc. Mr. Rencher joined Omniture, Inc. in January 2008 as Vice President of Corporate Development and was promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Operations prior to Adobe's acquisition of Omniture in 2009. Following the acquisition he joined Adobe as Vice President of Business Operations. Mr. Rencher was promoted to Vice President and General Manager, Omniture business unit in 2010 and subsequently to Senior Vice President in 2011. Prior to joining Omniture, Mr. Rencher was a member of the technology investment banking team at Morgan Stanley from 2005 to 2008 and a member of the investment banking team at RBC Capital Markets from 1998 to 2004. |
David Wadhwani |
Mr. David Wadhwani is Senior Vice President, General Manager - Digital Media Business Unit of Adobe Systems Inc. Prior to June 2010, Mr. Wadhwani was Vice President and General Manager of Adobe’s Platform business unit. He joined Adobe in 2005 through the acquisition of Macromedia. Prior to his time at Macromedia, Mr. Wadhwani founded and was VP of Engineering at iHarvest, a content management company that was acquired by Interwoven and worked at Oracle in their database tools division. |
Bryan Lamkin |
Mr. Bryan Lamkin has been appointed as the Senior Vice President - Corporate Development of Adobe Systems Inc. He worked for Adobe from 1992-2006 in a variety of senior product roles, including senior vice president for the digital media solutions business, where he established Adobe's market position with Photoshop and the Creative Suite. Since leaving Adobe, Lamkin has gained broad experience in social media, advertising, mobile and cloud solutions, serving as senior vice president of consumer products for Yahoo, executive in residence at Sutter Hill Ventures and New Enterprise Associates and CEO of two venture-funded startups. He holds bachelors and masters degrees from University of California, Berkeley. |
Richard Rowley |
Mr. Richard T. Rowley is Vice President, Principal Accounting Officer, Corporate Controller of Adobe Systems Inc. Prior to joining Adobe, Mr. Rowley served as Vice President, Corporate Controller, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer at Synopsys, Inc., a semiconductor design software company, from December 2002 to September 2005 and from 1999 to December 2002, Mr. Rowley served as Vice President, Corporate Controller and Principal Accounting Officer. From 1994 to 1999, Mr. Rowley served in several finance-related positions at Synopsys. Mr. Rowley is a certified public accountant. |
Amy Banse |
Ms. Amy Banse is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since May 14, 2012. Ms. Banse serves as Managing Director and Head of Funds, Comcast Ventures and Senior Vice President, Comcast Corporation. Prior to this role, she was President of Comcast Interactive Media (CIM), a division of Comcast responsible for developing Comcast’s online strategy and operating Comcast’s digital properties, including Fandango, Xfinity.com and Xfinitytv.com. Banse joined Comcast in 1991 and spent the early part of her career at Comcast overseeing the development of Comcast’s cable network portfolio. She received a B.A. from Harvard and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law. |
Kelly Barlow |
Mr. Kelly J. Barlow is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since December 4, 2012. Mr. Barlow has been a Partner of ValueAct Capital, an investment partnership engaged in public and private equity investing, since August 2003. Prior to joining ValueAct Capital, Mr. Barlow worked at EGM Capital from 1997 to 2003 where he served primarily as portfolio manager of the firm’s long/short equity fund. Prior to EGM Capital, Mr. Barlow worked at Wells Capital Management, a wholly owned subsidiary of Wells Fargo Bank, in the small capitalization equity department from 1993 to 1997. Mr. Barlow has served as a director of KAR Auction Services, Inc. since December 2011 and previously served as a director of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc. from October 2008 to August 2010 and of SIRVA, Inc. from September 2006 to December 2007. Mr. Barlow holds a B.S. from California State University, Chico and is a CFA Charterholder. |
Edward Barnholt |
Mr. Edward W. Barnholt is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc. Mr. Barnholt served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Agilent Technologies, Inc., a measurement company, from March 1999 to March 2005 and as its Chairman of the Board from November 2002 until his retirement in March 2005. From 1990 to 1999, Mr. Barnholt served in several executive positions at Hewlett-Packard Company, a computer and electronics company, including serving as Executive Vice President and General Manager of its Measurements Organization. Mr. Barnholt currently serves on the board of directors of eBay Inc., a global online marketplace and as Chairman of the Board of KLA-Tencor Corporation, a provider of process control and yield management solutions. Mr. Barnholt holds a B.S. and a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University. |
Robert Burgess |
Mr. Robert K. Burgess is an Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since December 2005. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Macromedia, Inc., a provider of internet and multimedia software, from November 1996 to January 2005. He also served on the board of directors of Macromedia from November 1996 until December 2005, as Chairman of the Board of Macromedia from July 1998 until December 2005 and as Executive Chairman of Macromedia from January 2005 until December 2005, when Macromedia was acquired by Adobe. Prior to joining Macromedia, Mr. Burgess held key executive positions at Silicon Graphics, Inc., a graphics and computing company, and from 1991 to 1995 served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Alias Research, Inc., a publicly traded 3D software company, prior to its acquisition by Silicon Graphics. Mr. Burgess currently serves on the boards of IMRIS Inc., a provider of image guided therapy solutions, and NVIDIA Corporation, a provider of programmable graphics processing technologies. Mr. Burgess holds a B.Com. from McMaster University in Canada. |
Frank Calderoni |
Mr. Frank A. Calderoni is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since May 14, 2012. Mr. Calderoni serves as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at Cisco Systems, Inc., a designer, manufacturer and seller of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking and other products related to the communications and information technology industry, managing the company’s financial strategy and operations. He joined Cisco in 2004 from QLogic Corporation, a storage networking company where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President, Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer for SanDisk Corporation, a flash data storage company. Before joining SanDisk, Mr. Calderoni spent 21 years at IBM, where he became Vice President and held controller responsibilities for several divisions within the company. Mr. Calderoni holds a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Fordham University and an M.B.A. in Finance from Pace University. |
Michael Cannon |
Mr. Michael R. Cannon is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc. Mr. Cannon served as President, Global Operations of Dell Inc., a computer systems manufacturer and services provider, from February 2007 until his retirement in January 2009, and as a consultant to Dell from January 2009 until January 2011. Prior to joining Dell, Mr. Cannon was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Solectron Corporation, an electronic manufacturing services company, from January 2003 until February 2007. From July 1996 until January 2003, Mr. Cannon served as the Chief Executive Officer of Maxtor Corporation, a disk drive and storage systems manufacturer. Prior to joining Maxtor, Mr. Cannon held senior management positions at IBM, a global services, software and systems company. Mr. Cannon also serves on the board of directors of Seagate Technology Public Limited Company, a disk drive and storage solutions company, and Lam Research Corporation, a semiconductor wafer fabrication equipment company. He previously served as a director of Elster Group SE from October 2010 to August 2012. Mr. Cannon studied mechanical engineering at Michigan State University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. |
James Daley |
Mr. James E. Daley is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc. Mr. Daley has been an independent consultant since his retirement in July 2003 from Electronic Data Systems Corporation (“EDS”), an information technology service company. Mr. Daley served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of EDS from March 1999 to February 2003, and as its Executive Vice President of Client Solutions, Global Sales and Marketing from February 2003 to July 2003. From 1963 until his retirement in 1998, Mr. Daley was with Price Waterhouse, L.L.P., an accounting firm, where he served as Co-Chairman-Operations and Vice-Chairman-International from 1988 to 1998. Mr. Daley currently serves on the board of directors of The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Mr. Daley holds a B.B.A. from Ohio University. |
Laura Desmond |
Ms. Laura Desmond is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since May 14, 2012. Ms. Desmond is the Global Chief Executive Officer of Starcom MediaVest Group (SMG), a global marketing services company which is part of the Publicis Groupe. She is also a member of the Publicis Groupe P12, an executive committee comprised of the company’s top global leaders. Prior to her appointment as Global Chief Executive Officer in 2008, Ms. Desmond was Chief Executive Officer of SMG–The Americas from 2007 to 2008 where she managed a network spanning the United States, Canada and Latin America. She was Chief Executive Officer of MediaVest, based in New York, from 2003 to 2007, and from 2000 to 2002 she was Chief Executive Officer of SMG’s Latin America group. In addition to Adobe, Ms. Desmond also serves on the board of directors of VivaKi, which is part of Publicis Groupe, and oversees SMG, as well as ZenithOptimedia, Digitas and Razorfish. She holds a B.B.A. in Marketing from the University of Iowa. |
Daniel Rosensweig |
Mr. Daniel L. Rosensweig is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since January 12, 2009. Mr. Rosensweig is currently President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors of Chegg.com, an online textbook rental company. Prior to joining Chegg.com in February 2010, Mr. Rosensweig served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RedOctane, a business unit of Activision Publishing, Inc., a developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Prior to joining RedOctane in March 2009, Mr. Rosensweig was an Operating Principal at the Quadrangle Group, a private investment firm. Prior to joining the Quadrangle Group in August 2007, Mr. Rosensweig served as Chief Operating Officer of Yahoo! Inc., an internet content and service provider, which he joined in April 2002. Prior to joining Yahoo!, Mr. Rosensweig was President of CNET Networks, Inc., an interactive media company, which he joined in October 2000. Mr. Rosensweig served for 18 years with Ziff-Davis, an integrated media and marketing services company, including roles as President and Chief Executive Officer of its subsidiary ZDNet, from 1997 until 2000 when ZDNet was acquired by CNET. Mr. Rosensweig holds a B.A. in Political Science from Hobart College. |
Robert Sedgewick |
Dr. Robert Sedgewick is Independent Director of Adobe Systems Inc., since 1990. Dr. Sedgewick has been a Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University since 1985, where he was the founding Chairman of the Department of Computer Science and is now the William O. Baker Professor of Computer Science. From 1975 to 1985, he served on the faculty at Brown University. Dr. Sedgewick holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Charles Geschke |
4,129,090 |
John Warnock |
299,318 |
Shantanu Narayen |
12,013,000 |
Mark Garrett |
12,589,100 |
Matthew Thompson |
4,940,220 |
Michael Dillon |
-- |
Bradley Rencher |
-- |
David Wadhwani |
4,238,420 |
Bryan Lamkin |
633,720 |
Richard Rowley |
-- |
Amy Banse |
-- |
Kelly Barlow |
-- |
Edward Barnholt |
-- |
Robert Burgess |
-- |
Frank Calderoni |
-- |
Michael Cannon |
-- |
James Daley |
-- |
Laura Desmond |
-- |
Daniel Rosensweig |
-- |
Robert Sedgewick |
-- |
As Of 29 Nov 2012
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Charles Geschke |
1,128,602 | 36,288,900 |
John Warnock |
2,105,354 | 82,342,900 |
Shantanu Narayen |
1,693,100 | 13,380,020 |
Mark Garrett |
0 | 0 |
Matthew Thompson |
0 | 0 |
Michael Dillon |
0 | 0 |
Bradley Rencher |
0 | 0 |
David Wadhwani |
20,000 | 271,105 |
Bryan Lamkin |
1,573,690 | 14,109,109 |
Richard Rowley |
0 | 0 |
Amy Banse |
0 | 0 |
Kelly Barlow |
0 | 0 |
Edward Barnholt |
0 | 0 |
Robert Burgess |
0 | 0 |
Frank Calderoni |
0 | 0 |
Michael Cannon |
0 | 0 |
James Daley |
0 | 0 |
Laura Desmond |
0 | 0 |
Daniel Rosensweig |
0 | 0 |
Robert Sedgewick |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
RENCHER BRADLEY |
453 | $45.07 |
RENCHER BRADLEY |
154 | $0.00 |
RENCHER BRADLEY |
965 | $0.00 |
RENCHER BRADLEY |
72 | $45.07 |
DESMOND LAURA |
6,820 | $0.00 |
BANSE AMY L |
6,820 | $0.00 |
CALDERONI FRANK A |
6,820 | $0.00 |
WARNOCK JOHN E |
10,000 | $44.48 |
BARNHOLT EDWARD W |
7,086 | $0.00 |
SEDGEWICK ROBERT |
7,086 | $0.00 |
CANNON MICHAEL R |
7,086 | $0.00 |
DALEY JAMES ERNEST |
7,086 | $0.00 |
BURGESS ROBERT K |
7,086 | $0.00 |
ROSENSWEIG DANIEL L |
7,086 | $0.00 |
ROWLEY RICHARD T |
15,707 | $34.03 |
ROWLEY RICHARD T |
17,568 | $34.16 |
ROWLEY RICHARD T |
58,275 | $43.97 |
ROWLEY RICHARD T |
25,000 | $34.67 |
NARAYEN SHANTANU |
225,000 | $39.69 |
NARAYEN SHANTANU |
225,000 | $43.33 |
DALEY JAMES ERNEST |
10,000 | $44.00 |
WARNOCK JOHN E |
20,000 | $43.96 |
DALEY JAMES ERNEST |
10,000 | $29.74 |
WADHWANI DAVID |
798 | $43.52 |
ROWLEY RICHARD T |
50,000 | $43.16 |
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